writing+vocabulary


 * __ Vocabulary __**

// "Use a variety of words choices to make your writing interesting. " //
 * Common Vocabulary Mistakes **|| [[image:http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/arrow.gif width="123" height="116" align="center"]] || ** Using the wrong word. Look up words that you aren't sure of. ** ||
 * [[image:http://www.geocities.com/fifth_grade_tpes/arrow.gif width="123" height="116" align="center"]] || ** Using flat language, neglecting descriptive words and phrases. ** ||

[|Download Goldilocks to use with Simile Activity] || [|A link to some great adjectives] || [|Describe a Character Activity] ||
 * ** [|Using Descriptive Words] ** || [|On-line Vocabulary Tests - Have a dictionary handy!!] || ** [|Wacky Web Tales - (Mad Libs-type game)] ** || [|Descriptive Writing Activities] || ** [|Webster's Word of the Day] ** ||
 * [|Perform Magic! Make common objects into people! (A lesson on Personification)] || [|Alliteration] || [|Download mini-lesson on Similes and Metaphors]
 * [|Word Parts - Prefixes and Suffixes] || [|Word Origins] || [|More Suffixes and Root Words- An intro to the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches of Government.] || [|Compound Words and Activities] || [|Fun with Synonyms and a Thesaurus] ||